Minnesota Legislature
HF 1330
as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/24/2025 03:58pm
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A bill for an act
relating to commerce; updating gasoline specifications; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, sections 41A.09, subdivision 2a; 239.761, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6;
296A.01, subdivisions 20, 23, 24.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
Subd. 2a.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this
subdivision have the meanings given them.
(a) "Ethanol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol derived from agricultural products,
including potatoes, cereal grains, cheese whey, and sugar beets; forest products; or other
renewable resources, including residue and waste generated from the production, processing,
and marketing of agricultural products, forest products, and other renewable resources, that:
(1) meets all of the specifications in ASTM specification deleted text begin D4806-04adeleted text end new text begin D4806-21anew text end ; and
(2) is denatured as specified in Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, parts 20 and 21.
(b) "Ethanol plant" means a plant at which ethanol is produced.
(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
(d) "Rural economic infrastructure" means the development of activities that will enhance
the value of agricultural crop or livestock commodities or by-products or waste from farming
operations through new and improved value-added conversion processes and technologies,
the development of more timely and efficient infrastructure delivery systems, and the
enhancement of marketing opportunities. "Rural economic infrastructure" also means land,
buildings, structures, fixtures, and improvements located or to be located in Minnesota and
used or operated primarily for the processing or the support of production of marketable
products from agricultural commodities or wind energy produced in Minnesota.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.761, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Gasoline.
(a) Gasoline that is not blended with biofuel must not be contaminated
with water or other impurities and must comply with ASTM specification deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin
D4814-24anew text end . Gasoline that is not blended with biofuel must also comply with the volatility
requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 1090.
(b) After gasoline is sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal,
a person responsible for the product:
(1) may blend the gasoline with agriculturally derived ethanol as provided in subdivision
4;
(2) shall not blend the gasoline with any oxygenate other than biofuel;
(3) shall not blend the gasoline with other petroleum products that are not gasoline or
biofuel;
(4) shall not blend the gasoline with products commonly and commercially known as
casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline, drip gasoline, or natural
gasoline; and
(5) may blend the gasoline with a detergent additive, an antiknock additive, or an additive
designed to replace tetra-ethyl lead, that is registered by the EPA.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.761, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Gasoline blended with ethanol; general.
(a) Gasoline may be blended with
agriculturally derived, denatured ethanol that complies with the requirements of subdivision
5.
(b) A gasoline-ethanol blend must:
(1) comply with the volatility requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part
1090;
(2) comply with ASTM specification deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin D4814-24anew text end , or the gasoline base stock
from which a gasoline-ethanol blend was produced must comply with ASTM specification
deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin D4814-24anew text end ; and
(3) not be blended with casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline,
drip gasoline, or natural gasoline after the gasoline-ethanol blend has been sold, transferred,
or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.761, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Denatured ethanol.
Denatured ethanol that is to be blended with gasoline must
be agriculturally derived and must comply with ASTM specification deleted text begin D4806-11adeleted text end new text begin D4806-21anew text end .
This includes the requirement that ethanol may be denatured only as specified in Code of
Federal Regulations, title 27, parts 20 and 21.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 239.761, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate.
(a) A person responsible for
the product shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) after July 1, 2000, gasoline containing in excess of one-third of one percent, in total,
of nonethanol oxygenates listed in paragraph (b) must not be sold or offered for sale at any
time in this state; and
(2) after July 1, 2005, gasoline containing any of the nonethanol oxygenates listed in
paragraph (b) must not be sold or offered for sale in this state.
(b) The oxygenates prohibited under paragraph (a) are:
(1) methyl tertiary butyl ether, as defined in section 296A.01, subdivision 34;
(2) ethyl tertiary butyl ether, as defined in section 296A.01, subdivision 18; or
(3) tertiary amyl methyl ether.
(c) Gasoline that is blended with a nonethanol oxygenate must comply with ASTM
specification deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin D4814-24anew text end . Nonethanol oxygenates must not be blended into
gasoline after the gasoline has been sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery
or terminal.
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 296A.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
Subd. 20.
Ethanol, denatured.
"Ethanol, denatured" means ethanol that is to be blended
with gasoline, has been agriculturally derived, and complies with ASTM specification
deleted text begin D4806-11adeleted text end new text begin D4806-21anew text end . This includes the requirement that ethanol may be denatured only
as specified in Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, parts 20 and 21.
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 296A.01, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
Subd. 23.
Gasoline.
(a) "Gasoline" means:
(1) all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline regardless of
their classification or uses, except casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation
gasoline, drip gasoline, or natural gasoline that under the requirements of section 239.761,
subdivision 3, must not be blended with gasoline that has been sold, transferred, or otherwise
removed from a refinery or terminal; and
(2) any liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale or sold for use as, or commonly and
commercially used as, a fuel in spark-ignition, internal combustion engines, and that when
tested by the Weights and Measures Division meets the specifications in ASTM specification
deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin D4814-24anew text end .
(b) Gasoline that is not blended with ethanol must not be contaminated with water or
other impurities and must comply with both ASTM specification deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin D4814-24anew text end
and the volatility requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 1090.
(c) After gasoline is sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal,
a person responsible for the product:
(1) may blend the gasoline with agriculturally derived ethanol, as provided in subdivision
24;
(2) must not blend the gasoline with any oxygenate other than denatured, agriculturally
derived ethanol;
(3) must not blend the gasoline with other petroleum products that are not gasoline or
denatured, agriculturally derived ethanol;
(4) must not blend the gasoline with products commonly and commercially known as
casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline, drip gasoline, or natural
gasoline; and
(5) may blend the gasoline with a detergent additive, an antiknock additive, or an additive
designed to replace tetra-ethyl lead, that is registered by the EPA.
Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 296A.01, subdivision 24, is amended to read:
Subd. 24.
Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate.
"Gasoline blended with
nonethanol oxygenate" means gasoline blended with ETBE, MTBE, or other alcohol or
ether, except denatured ethanol, that is approved as an oxygenate by the EPA, and that
complies with ASTM specification deleted text begin D4814-11bdeleted text end new text begin D4814-24anew text end . Oxygenates, other than denatured
ethanol, must not be blended into gasoline after the gasoline has been sold, transferred, or
otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal.